L'entraînement sportif en dressage

Are you a rider or a dressage coach? Here is the reference book to improve or advance your athletes through targeted physical training.

It is clear that in competition, riders prepare their horse better than themselves! All their attention goes to the horse but, when they get in the saddle, they are sometimes numb or seized by a feeling of fatigue. A fortiori if they are exhausted by several days of competition and the logistical obligations that result from it. How to take on all the constraints of continuous training without being in perfect physical shape?

Today, all modern sports practice includes physical preparation.

It is from this observation that the authors, under the leadership of Colonel Patrick Teisserenc, chief squire of the Cadre noir, Jean-Michel Pinel, director of training at IFCE, and Thierry Blancon, physical trainer and teacher at INSEP, have united their knowledge, their skills and field experience to propose here an innovative approach to dressage.

Their study is based first on the evolution of training methods, an analysis of the practice, elements of anatomy and physiology of the equine athlete, intended to better choose exercises, and an observation of the activity of the rider/horse pair. Then they present a training planning based on a concrete case. Finally, a multitude of physical preparation exercises for the rider focused on balance and skill, muscle strengthening, and aerobics are addressed.